Hari Om Parents!
Today was the sixth class of Balavihar!!Here is the summary of what we covered in class today:
After everyone joined the Zoom session,
1. We started the class with Opening prayers by chanting Om three times and then we all together chanted Sahana vavatu.
2. Kids were taught that Letter C is for Cleanliness and then we had a Brainstorming session where kids were shown different pictures to learn about Cleanliness and three types Cleanliness of body, surroundings and mind. Pictures were shown showing good and bad actions. And our actions come from our thoughts which in turn show a clean mind. And that Cleanliness is equal to Godliness. And by having clean mind within is the only way to get closer to God and to have inner happiness and joy.
3. During story time, kids were taught through a wonderful story of the Royal horse, that we should always keep our body, surroundings and mind clean.
4. Then kids were asked how to be clean inside ? And were taught that we should be like Gandhiji's three monkeys - See no bad, Hear no bad and Talk no bad. And kids were then asked to color the 3 monkeys Coloring sheet, while we played Ganesh bhajan in the background.
Some kids completed and shared the pictures, rest were asked to complete it and show it in next session.
5.Then for Yoga time -we did Jumping Jacks, Tree pose, and Lion pose.
6. Then kids were taught Letter 'D' is for Daddy and Dad's are "kind," "loving," "caring," "wise," "protective," "strong," and have similar qualities as God, hence we revere them as God.
7.For Brainstorming session kids told the various things their Dad's do for them which shows their love and care. And that the Almighty God is our Eternal father and takes care of all of us. And kids were asked to say to their dad - 'Pitru Devo Bhava' and explained that 'Pitru' in this context refers to their 'Daddy'.
9. After this we had Story time, kids learnt about how Father's Day started and why its celebrated and learnt that the best way to celebrate is by listening to Dad and doing what Dad likes.
10.Kids shared about details about their Dad and ways they show their love and care. And also, they shared how their Dad's spent time with them.
11. Kids were then asked to color the D Coloring sheet. Some kids completed and shared the pictures, rest were asked to complete it and show it in the next session.
12. Lastly we said the closing prayers and concluded the session. Kids will be given a set of questions to quiz their Dad and we will discuss the answers in our next class.
Thank you parents for sitting through the session to help the kids.
Have a wonderful week ahead!!